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Winchester Park.

I wrote this little tale in 2013 during a time when a development had been agreed,and the developers where erecting ...
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Ursa Tertius

   It was United Earth Ship, Fallen Asteroid's first jump home from Ursa-T. Prophetic tours inside prediction zones had warned ...
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Other Lives, Other Worlds

Something we should all keep in our bottom drawer in case we ever need it ...
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Return of the Living Dad

Intro: up to 50 words (delete this text and enter your own) Dad's not dead, even though we buried him ...
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The Baobab Tree (6)

Opiates and imaginings Busisiwe stood with her back to a fever tree and was idly imagining what old Khanyisile would ...
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We live.

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Vitriolic Queen .. Oooh it’s not Hoxton

It’s a sight ...
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Channel(ing) 5

caution: incoherent reading material from absolutely fictitious channeling, what? you should ask yourself, what am I doing here reading this stuff ...
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A Plea To Sanity In Exile

Come back, all is forgiven! Your design needs further amendments! ...
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Home

The cozy homeliness of home where all things work and all is of your own, where you are out of ...
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Hope Springs Eternal

into the silent pool of contentment ...
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Waiting.

Simply a short summer poem ...
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My True Poem

Poetry means many different things to many people. This is what poetry is from my own personal perspective, your's may ...
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Metaphysical

Do not fear the terror of the darkness of your mind, which only is the abyss of your soul, unfathomable, ...
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Consummation

The passion of my love keeps burning but without consuming neither mine own energy nor thy exceeding beauty, which keeps ...
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Goodbye Cruel World

My sister is a nurse who cares for dementia patients. I was inspired to write this after listening to her ...
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The Bench

The Bench He was sitting on his bench overlooking the harbour, well…not his really, but it had the best view ...
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The Long Trek ( Part three}

At last ,in spite of our apprehension, there was a glimmer of  hope. Now for the grim reality of treatment ...
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A Girl Who Gets Around

We have a new member (Francescarights) who like me writes song lyrics. I'll show you mine if you'll show me ...
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A Wolf In Sheeps Clothing

Inspired to write this after watching a programme on serial killers on the T.V. All of them appeared "normal" but ...
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The long Trek, (Part two)

After the initial diagnosis following the endoscopy I was sent back to my GP with a letter. The following morning ...
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I’m Not Bitter

I wrote this after a break up with a girlfriend some years ago. Reading it again makes me realise how ...
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The long trek.(Part one)

I was prompted in some way by Mike Verdy's cancer diary to write about my long journey about a different ...
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Dark Clouds Return

Cancer Diaries - The Last Entry Dark clouds return, stealing the sun from my sky, bringing with them the winter ...
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World’s Best Story (Novel) Competition

World's Best Story contest is open and they are taking submissions. Submit your story for a chance to win a ...
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Voices from the Web 2016

Voices from the Web Anthology 2016 Kindle Edition NOW AVAILABLE!

Voices from the Web Anthology 2016 Kindle Edition NOW AVAILABLE! These stories and poems have been selected by members of ...
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Help CrowdFund UKA’s Development

We want to fund a better UKAuthors! UKA has been online for 16 years and now we want to move ...
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Thusly by Andrea Lowne

Ms Lowne's second collection of poetry is as unconventional as the first. No sestinas, haiku or sonnets here, but a ...
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